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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even though Augustine does not mention this subject directly, what will his students need to master to understand languages?
(a) Regional accents.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Dialects.

2. What is the purpose for Christians to use the device that Augustine resists teaching in Book Four?
(a) Christians must use rhetoric to defend the faith.
(b) Christians must use homiletics to minister to communities.
(c) Christians must develop opinions on doctrines as a natural outgrowth of investigation.
(d) Christians must use philosophy as a means of connecting with Scripture.

3. How does Augustine characterize things in Book One?
(a) They are the items that God puts before Christians to use.
(b) They are the items that God puts before Christians to enjoy.
(c) They are ordinary objects that are not used to signify something.
(d) They are all items that fall under God's authority.

4. What does Augustine say the student pass through if he/she will be able to understand Scripture?
(a) The purging of unclean spiritual occupations that are too common in the pagan cultures.
(b) A 40-day period of seclusion and fasting so they can better know the mind of Christ.
(c) Rigorous physical and mental challenges to prove to God the seriousness of the desire to learn.
(d) Stages of spiritual purification and understand the need for God and Christian virtues.

5. What is the topic of Book Three?
(a) Augustine details the difference of signs given to groups and signs given to individuals.
(b) Augustine addresses the controversy of the human filter inhibiting the interpretation of Scripture.
(c) Augustine tackles the problem of understanding signs that are ambiguous.
(d) Augustine differentiates between signs given by God and signs give by angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine suggest a conception of Christian love will serve for the student?

2. What tool should pastors or speakers use occasionally to communicate the principles of Scripture to ordinary persons, as stated in Book Four?

3. What other subject does Augustine addresses in Book Three and Book Four?

4. When Augustine focuses on one of the types of criticism he expects to receive, what does he suggest to the reader?

5. What are the two primary reasons that Augustine devotes his time to those questions?

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